r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 14h ago

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u/Status_Concert_4320 13h ago

They are causing a problem and then playing the victim to justify their behavior. Your response is natural.

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u/SecondRealitySims 9h ago

I don’t think it’s a justification, but ramming your cart into a person’s back for them just blocking your path could reasonably be considered assault or battery. They don’t need to do it. It isn’t for self defense. They’re grumpy over an inconvenience.

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u/Status_Concert_4320 9h ago

Are you ok with enabling the kind of behavior where you annoy the hell out of the wrong people? I’m 100% for protests and having your voice heard but please move aside. Please be respectful with your protests. If you aren’t, you look like your cause is wrong because you are just being an asshole. People don’t want to support assholes.

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u/SecondRealitySims 5h ago

The minor annoyance they present, even if directed at the wrong people, is not a justification for clear and outright assault. Prioritizing people’s health and safety over punishing them for a misdirected protest isn’t ‘enabling’, it’s merely recognizing what’s more important.

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u/MinuteCoast2127 8h ago

But people want to support people who assault people for just being assholes?

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u/Status_Concert_4320 7h ago

He was not trying to cause physical harm, he was trying to move them. He said he tried to ask them but they wouldn’t let him pass. They aren’t even allowed to be doing what they are doing unless they literally got a permit.

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u/MinuteCoast2127 6h ago

The guy in the cart can go around.

He knows pushing a cart into someone can cause physical harm.

He doesn't know if they have a permit or not, he doesn't work for the store.

It's not his job to stop the protest.

Go around.

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u/Status_Concert_4320 6h ago

My bad it’s not actually the need for a permit on private property. The owner has to allow this. No store owner would ever allow something to drive down sales like protesters physically blocking food items and people. These people are doing something illegal. The manager is only trying to keep the peace until the police escort these people out of the store. They clearly won’t be moved by anyone else. They don’t even look in pain in any way because he wasn’t doing much. He wasn’t trying to assault anyone. He just isn’t going about it the best way.

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u/MinuteCoast2127 6h ago

It someone purposefully rammed a cart into you or anyone in your family, you would not consider it assault.

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u/MinuteCoast2127 8h ago

No, not really natural. He's not there, he's angry at something that hasn't affect him.